tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.comments2017-08-30T12:43:41.973-04:00A Sea of StarsTom Eppshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00948013279942022821noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-64652338651084030732017-08-30T12:43:41.973-04:002017-08-30T12:43:41.973-04:00(2)...interstellar travel (thousands G of constant...(2)...interstellar travel (thousands G of constant acceleration)... The Electromagnetic and Gravitational Forces have some obvious similarities (fulfill the Law of Inverse of the Square) as both are &quot;inversely proportional to the square of the distance that separate&quot;...distance between the poles of two magnets the Electromagnetic...and distance between the centers of two masses the Gravitational... Just as now can using the Electromagnetic Force for obtain different voltages, currents and electrical powers...electrical transformers...perhaps someday when that mysterious Gravitational Force reveal its secrets, can also using it and amplify its emission (converting the mass exponentially in Gravitons) somehow for obtain different intensities and gravitational powers...gravitational transformers... Spacecrafts with indestuctible structures and the distribution of a building of housing flats (where are the foundations would the nozzles)... Antigravitational fields directed forward would go shoving and accelerating the space´dust until reaching (the dust) almost ship-speed the dust´s cloud matter-feeder (&quot;fuel&quot;) always placed at ship´s front, leading dust with Gravitational peripheral fields; already the dust with slow differential-speed between dust and ship (each dust´s particle already does not is a bullet); towards the ship converters matter/antimatter, where at half of matter would transform in antimatter to feed the insatiable demand for the voracious annihilation rocket engines ejecting the appreciable mass of the Pions, produced in large quantities, through the nozzles to the speed of light...a rocket´s thrust = ejection by nozzle (mass*speed) in each second...and maintaining indefinitely to the ship at thousands G of constant acceleration... Powerful gravitational fields inside the living areas would counteract the HUGE CONSTANT ACCELERATION of the ship, keeping them to 1 G...tonyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08253501266473243514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-82227659213707532802017-08-27T11:13:00.829-04:002017-08-27T11:13:00.829-04:00...interstellar travel (thousands G of constant ac......interstellar travel (thousands G of constant acceleration)... gravitation, dimensions and inertia: the Matter... The electromagnetic radiation: quanta (pieces) of energy in discrete amounts (minimum and independents), photons, which move in waves... Why energy quanta (photons) are attracted by gravitational fields of &quot;stellar lenses&quot; curving their trajectories and move on?...go ahead because they have inertia...and are attracted because the Energy also has Gravitation, but does not manifest because it no emits Gravitons, or emits in imperceptible degree, because its has to be condensed enough like in matter for that, but it is sensitive to Gravitation from Matter emits... Energy and Gravitation &quot;associated&quot;...and...the Gravitational Force is another manifestation, unknown yet, from Energy...(no &quot;curvature&quot; of that called &quot;space-time&quot; relativistic)... When was finished contraction, F=G((m1*m2)/d²), the pre-early Universe; (no relativistic &quot;singularity&quot;, but it was a Sphere with dimensions and outside the Infinite Empty Space); was need have as its starting point towards the expansion, one first action: when all Universe´s Matter was almost infinitely compressed and hot with all subatomic particles in direct contact without empty space among them, then →Gravity← becomes ←Antigravity→, those hyper-dense Matter becomes Energy (&quot;infinites&quot;: Temperature + Energy + suddenly Antigravity = Big-Bang)...already again how a New Universe in expansion cooling, appears again the Matter from Energy...and again antigravity becomes normal Gravity... Its particle exchange, the theoretical Graviton yet...maybe &quot;quanta of gravitational energy&quot;... The Energy (e=mc²) is sensitive to Gravitation but hardly emits Graviton... The Matter, which is condensed Energy (m=e/c²), emits now Gravitons proportionally to its density... The Matter with normal density, naturally, emits few Gravitons (weak intensity of gravitational force). But...if someday could transform some of matter, not in Energy by annihilation with antimatter but entirely in Gravitational Force with an exponential Gravitons (or antigravitons) emission...would have a way to amplify the Gravitational Force a certain amount of mass... Light (photons) can be directed with a mirror... Gravity (gravitophotons) perhaps also can be directed someday the same such as light in a car´s headlight placed in ceiling looking downwards... This would be necessary for having artificial gravitational attraction only toward the ceiling in all the floors of the ship, each down´s floor must have less own gravity-power because receives gravitational attraction from all up´s floors. This can be difficult to observe in Universe because, although with unequal intensity, there are Gravitational Forces actuating from all directions. But in...gravitational transformers...for spacecrafts to thousands G of constant acceleration...tonyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08253501266473243514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-88359109220935440792017-08-26T13:03:17.936-04:002017-08-26T13:03:17.936-04:00...interstellar travel constant acceleration (Sun-......interstellar travel constant acceleration (Sun-Deneb: 1000g)... Earth...the 2 ships that will go formation flying for mutual assisting if there are problems...indestructible structures made of Hexapentas material, awaiting in airport the arrival of passengers... Day 1: zero-speed... THE SHIPS TAKEOFF►... navigation computer places on screen the spacecraft in the center of sphere...spherical\tridimensional\spatial Heading: Deneb... Antimatter rocket engines...ON... Here we go...goooooo!...1g...10g...100g...constant acceleration cruise: 1000g (9.8 kms/sec²)... Inside the living areas (the same as going submerged in water: constant acceleration downwards...less...constant thrust, constant acceleration, from water upwards)...the gravitational transformers, perfectly synchronized with the acceleration, running: 1000g constant acceleration toward the floor ↓↓(motors)↓↓...less...999g constant acceleration toward the ceiling ↑↑(gravitational transformers)↑ = 1g constant acceleration toward the floor↓... 8.5 hours: light-speed = 1c...the fusion reactor as an artificial sun illuminating the immense Vital Support Gardens to lowering, from their comfortable apartments, cheerful passage to the pool...the electromagnetic shield anti-radiation...antigravity fields generator run forward, working: light objects away from the path of the ship...and trajectory ship away from the heavy objects...superluminal-speed &gt; 1c... 42.5 hours: reaches hyperluminal-speed = 5c... Day 508: Half Journey...1000 light years...high hyperluminal-speed = 1435.39c... OFF engines...a few minutes of weightlessness during maneuver...the ship rotates 180º around its axis...motors ON again and... ◄STARTS TO BRAKE... Day 1017 (2.79 years): End Path party...2000 light years...zero-speed... The forever young passage of the 1st Immortal Generation (3D Bioprinting...Telomerase...modified Biological Timers...) disembarks at destination: an extra-stellar planet which came errant to orbit of Deneb giant.tonyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08253501266473243514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-16185350774619748542017-08-26T12:43:48.989-04:002017-08-26T12:43:48.989-04:003d bioprinting = Immortality = go to stars3d bioprinting = Immortality = go to starstonyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08253501266473243514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-82830677612966081722017-05-30T02:26:15.165-04:002017-05-30T02:26:15.165-04:00They were soggy and smelly, but Happy!They were soggy and smelly, but Happy!Tom Eppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00948013279942022821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-3657630620596950182017-05-29T09:14:50.775-04:002017-05-29T09:14:50.775-04:00Nicely done! Welcome new sahellbacks!Nicely done! Welcome new sahellbacks!Lucilla Eppsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-65839503726119214612017-05-17T13:22:52.029-04:002017-05-17T13:22:52.029-04:00I&#39;ve since &quot;re-gifted&quot; this telescop...I&#39;ve since &quot;re-gifted&quot; this telescope to my second cousin, Phillip, whom I have in the past observed with and who needed a capable, versatile &#39;scope to learn the skies with. I hope the little Meade serves him well, and who knows? Maybe Phillip will use it to begin a life under the stars! There are worse paths to walk...Thomas L. Eppsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-17137664068432290492017-05-16T23:45:19.624-04:002017-05-16T23:45:19.624-04:00Astronomy is a huge passion of mine, and this obse...Astronomy is a huge passion of mine, and this observatory is a must visit. The Orrery looks so intricate, it shouldn&#39;t work, so I would love to see this in action. The photos do this observatory justice. There is something special about the stars, and I already have so much equipment. There is always something new to see with astronomy!<br /><br /><a href="https://medium.com/@containerdomes/container-domes-4-different-applications-for-safer-construction-sites-bebe155d5c86#.tx3if7ap3" rel="nofollow">Refugia Stein @ Container Domes</a>Refugia Steinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14979078666969916818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-35252689814768853072017-02-14T19:53:22.011-05:002017-02-14T19:53:22.011-05:00Tom, you can also contact the local TV stations. ...Tom, you can also contact the local TV stations. WAVY &quot;10 on Your Side&quot;, or WTKR-TV3 and WVEC-TV13. Or even WHRO, the local PBS station. <br />pathfinder027https://www.blogger.com/profile/14688143637791008348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-6859596236693508712017-02-09T17:04:58.358-05:002017-02-09T17:04:58.358-05:00Thank you! I used to write a lot more years ago; ...Thank you! I used to write a lot more years ago; this blog is my way to get back into it. Appreciate your comments (and criticisms) when you read my poor efforts!<br />Tom Eppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00948013279942022821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-17169371832732636692017-02-09T14:09:32.174-05:002017-02-09T14:09:32.174-05:00There is great potential in your post as an OpEd f...There is great potential in your post as an OpEd for the local paper(s), Tom, it is very well-written! Old Navyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11232352778487811922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-87652534734659403652017-02-08T15:12:58.928-05:002017-02-08T15:12:58.928-05:00Thanks, Dave! I&#39;m talking to Parks people tod...Thanks, Dave! I&#39;m talking to Parks people today.Tom Eppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00948013279942022821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-67603174202676989402017-02-08T11:35:05.640-05:002017-02-08T11:35:05.640-05:00Good luck with your efforts to organize a restorat...Good luck with your efforts to organize a restoration and preservation effort. It is a lot of work! It is probably worth reaching out to some veterans organizations in the area for volunteers. You might be able to get donations of materials (like paint) and bodies for community service time from some of the local military bases. Local home improvement stores (like Home Depot) could be good sources for materials too. Both the military and stores like good community PR stories for the local news. But a lot depends on how cooperative the Parks Department wants to be. Dave S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02165409020913057971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-18234174728039108472017-02-07T17:53:16.837-05:002017-02-07T17:53:16.837-05:00I plan to eventually. This was on a weekend visit...I plan to eventually. This was on a weekend visit with family in Michigan, and now I&#39;m home in Virginia again. Next time I head out Yerkes&#39; way I&#39;ll be sure to stop by! Tom Eppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00948013279942022821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-12958101520568623982017-02-07T14:24:44.132-05:002017-02-07T14:24:44.132-05:00Tom - if its old telescopes that intrigue you, con...Tom - if its old telescopes that intrigue you, continue a little further west, to Lake Geneva Wisconsin, to visit the Yerkes Observatory, home of the largest refractor telescope in the world. http://astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes/Old Navyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11232352778487811922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-61994428739522279742016-11-26T13:05:31.768-05:002016-11-26T13:05:31.768-05:00Happy to visit both your observatory AND your city...Happy to visit both your observatory AND your city! I&#39;ve never been so able to become involved in a local astronomy scene on short notice--my visit to Athens and participation in the NatGeo &quot;Mars&quot; star parties was a high-point of this cruise! You set a very high standard, my friend!Tom Eppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00948013279942022821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-71506133507379518612016-11-23T14:21:48.990-05:002016-11-23T14:21:48.990-05:00Thank you for visiting the National Observatory of...Thank you for visiting the National Observatory of Athens. One little correction: The third picture is our Starke meridian circle.<br /><br />Tsimpidas DimitriosAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-67536783184175573112016-11-09T10:43:49.232-05:002016-11-09T10:43:49.232-05:00My pleasure!My pleasure!Tom Eppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00948013279942022821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-73019200884562320312016-11-04T12:36:42.719-04:002016-11-04T12:36:42.719-04:00Thanks for the followup. Good photos. Happy star...Thanks for the followup. Good photos. Happy stargazing!pathfinder027https://www.blogger.com/profile/14688143637791008348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-19540700168004299222016-10-22T07:06:56.126-04:002016-10-22T07:06:56.126-04:00Shand, so happy to have finally gotten together la...Shand, so happy to have finally gotten together last night; even without stars it was a great star party! Thanks for all your help, and my best to Allistair and of course best wishes for your wife&#39;s recovery. I&#39;m hoping someday to have the chance to meet HER as well!Tom Eppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00948013279942022821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-32720880435753811132016-10-22T07:03:09.182-04:002016-10-22T07:03:09.182-04:00David, I thank you and all of the great people who...David, I thank you and all of the great people whom I have met and enjoyed spending time with during the two (short) visits to Scotland. Today we are underway again, but I think I WILL be coming back; as you&#39;ve pointed out, I&#39;ve barely scratched the surface!Tom Eppshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00948013279942022821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-29810910364800223992016-10-14T05:16:46.417-04:002016-10-14T05:16:46.417-04:00Thomas, I wished we could have met up after all th...Thomas, I wished we could have met up after all the &quot;attempted&quot; planning of the previous afternoon. So glad you did manage to see something though. Ive never been to Coats but will try to get there now after reading this..... Here&#39;s to your next visit Sir... Shand<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-72372087541280916252016-10-14T05:16:22.339-04:002016-10-14T05:16:22.339-04:00Very enjoyable read, and glad you managed to visit...Very enjoyable read, and glad you managed to visit our humble land. There are so many other observatories in Scotland, Mills Observatory in Dundee, Royal Obsrevatory in Edinburgh, and St Andrews University opens its doors to the public a few times a year.<br />Great Read<br />Thanks<br />David Millar<br />amateur stargazerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-63694686478453009212016-07-17T19:16:34.654-04:002016-07-17T19:16:34.654-04:00The Life of Pi?The Life of Pi?Jeneratorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11726106696583524202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982082379296106667.post-5409022222638344352016-07-17T19:15:29.437-04:002016-07-17T19:15:29.437-04:00Master &amp; Commander
Das Boot
Run Silent, Run De...Master &amp; Commander<br />Das Boot<br />Run Silent, Run Deep<br />Hunt for Red October<br />K-19<br />U-571<br />Midway<br />Tora, Tora, Tora<br />Sink the Bismarcksjolly75https://www.blogger.com/profile/11421021556263960196noreply@blogger.com